News archive for Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

A group picture of the workshop participants

“PRIMA Learning” jellyfish workshop in Cape Town in February 2023 (23.02.2023)

Carl completes his Master degree (13.02.2023)

Carl was a visiting student at the HypOnFjordFish project from the Freie University, Berlin. He has been studying the effects of hypoxia on mesopelagic crustaceans

Karen with her supervisors and online examiner

Karen completes her Master degree (09.02.2023)

Karen has been studying the distribution and diet of two small sharks, the velvet belly and blackmouth catshark, in west Norwegian fjords.

Day Zero: Pathways to participatory research and knowledge co-production: notes from the ‘field’ (07.02.2023)

Join members of the UNESCO Chair Group and the Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) for a workshop on participatory research during Day Zero, February 8th 2023.

Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon (03.02.2023)

A new review in Science reveals the quick and accumulating impacts of humans in the Amazon – and nature will likely not be able to keep up. This new paper developed by CESAM member Suzette Flantua reveals the magnitude of the drivers of deforestation and degradation in the Amazon and lists the transformative policy actions needed to safeguard the region and consequently global climate.

Øivind completes his Master degree (01.02.2023)

Øivind has been studying the effect of the parasitic copepod Sarcotretes scopeli on its mesopelagic fish host.